How To Install uacme on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install uacme on Kali Linux. uacme is Lightweight client for the RFC8555 ACMEv2 protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uacme on Kali Linux.

What is uacme

uacme is:

uacme is a client for the ACMEv2 protocol described in RFC8555, written in plain C with minimal dependencies (libcurl and GnuTLS or mbedTLS). The ACMEv2 protocol allows a Certificate Authority (https://letsencrypt.org is a popular one) and an applicant to automate the process of verification and certificate issuance. The protocol also provides facilities for other certificate management functions, such as certificate revocation. For more information see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8555

There are three methods to install uacme on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install uacme Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uacme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uacme

Install uacme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uacme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uacme

Install uacme Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install uacme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uacme

How To Uninstall uacme on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the uacme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uacme

Uninstall uacme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uacme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uacme

Remove uacme Configurations and Data

To remove uacme configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uacme

Remove uacme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uacme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uacme

Dependencies

uacme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uacme package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.